Television Dramas and the Global Village

Storytelling through Race and Gender
Herausgeber: Lin, Carolyn A.; Ríos, Diana I.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the ways in which television dramas allow audiences to vicariously experience fantasy-indulging, escapism-satisfying, and reality-reckoning stories. Contributors discuss how our innate desire to tell human stories both binds us together and motivates us to persevere as a community on a global scale.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781793613547
• ISBN-10: 1793613540
• Artikelnr.: 67742489

Autorenporträt

Diana I. Ríos is associate professor in the Department of Communication and El Instituto: Latino/Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Connecticut. Carolyn A. Lin is professor of communication at the University of Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Television Dramas as Storytellers of Race and Gender for the
Global Village
Diana I. Rios and Carolyn A. Lin
Section I. Fantasy-Science Fiction, Horror, and Mystery
Chapter 1: Luke Cage is Harlem's Captain America: Black Masculinity and
Vulnerability in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Graeme John Wilson
Chapter 2: Doctor Who's 13th Doctor: Redefining the Female Lead in Science
Fiction Television
Gwendelyn S. Nisbett and Newly Paul
Chapter 3: A Woman in Trouble in Twin Peaks: The Return: Gothic Texts,
Magical Technology, and Dreams Within Dreams
Joseph Boisvere
Chapter 4: Arya and Sansa Stark of HBO's The Game of Thrones: Abuse,
Agency, Trauma Survival, and Redefined Destinies
Diana I. Rios, Mary Helen Millham, Karin A. Haberlin, and Graciela
Quiñones-Rodriguez
Chapter 5: The Protagonists of the Fantasy Drama Lost: From Stereotypes to
Flexible Identities
Jérôme David
Section II. Soap Operas and Telenovelas
Chapter 6: Pakistan Television Drama Serials and Telenovelas During Fifty
Years: Gendering in Different Political Regimes
Saleem Abbas
Chapter 7: Primetime Brazilian Telenovelas and Gender Violence
Representation
Lorena Caminhas
Chapter 8: French Television and the Audience: Examining Serial Dramas Un
Si Grand Soleil and Plus Belle La Vie
Patricia Jullia and Frédéric Marty
Chapter 9: Brazilian Telenovelas and Multi-platform Audiences: Overviews
and Industry Insights
Rosane Svartman
Section III. Historical and Period Drama
Chapter 10: Korean Historical Television Dramas: Cultural Meanings,
Confucian Values, and Transcultural Identities
Suji Park and Carolyn A. Lin
Chapter 11: Thoroughly (Un)Modern Downton Abbey: Interrogating
Gender/Sexual Dynamics and Whiteness Boundaries
Gordon Alley-Young
Chapter 12: From The Crown to Madmen: Historical Television as Commentary
on 21st Century Ideologies
Nettie Brock
Chapter 13: The Story of Zheng Yang Gate: Chinese Television Representation
of Female Entrepreneurs
Mei Zhang
Chapter 14: Exploring Gendering in Iranian Television Drama Serials
Ali Zohoori
Section IV. Comedy-Drama
Chapter 15: Being a Black Man on Being Mary Jane: Considering Complexities
of Black Masculinity in a Female-centric Drama
George L. Daniels
Chapter 16: HBO's Insecure and Issa Dee: Black Women's Interpretations on
Facebook
Morgan W. Smalls
Chapter 17: Pregnancy and the Back-to-Work Narrative: How Television
Comedy-Dramas Navigate the Social Norms of Motherhood
Elizabeth Fish Hatfield
Section V. Crime and Medical Drama
Chapter 18: Historical Drama Peaky Blinders: Pitching Racial Allegiances
and Ethnocentric Populism
Inna Arzumanova
Chapter 19: Zero Tolerance: Genre and the Politics of Reconciliation in a
South African Crime Show
Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk
Chapter 20: Doctor(ed) Representations: Physician Portrayals on Medical
Television Shows
David Lynn Painter, Sarah Parsloe, and Hannah Jureller
About the Contributors